Movie Viewing Experience

Last night was the opening of part one of the last Harry Potter movie. To say that it was one of the most interesting and entertaining movie viewing experience I have ever had would be an understatement. The buzz all day was whether or not we could still get tickets for the midnight showing. The large and classy Boone theater was already sold out so we were forced to look at theaters elsewhere. The resulting location: Lenoir, NC which was about 45 minutes down the mountain. By way of conversation with a few of my staff, we came to the conclusion that leaving around 9:15 was going to be a wise decision. We had pre-ordered our tickets but we didn't know if we were going to have to wait in a line to get them. And then our concern was about the masses all arriving early leaving us to the seats in the theater that are lowest on the totem pole. We thus left Boone shortly after 9pm to put us into Lenoir right around 10pm.

Our arrival into the city limits of Lenoir is when the story spices up. Driving down the road, we nearly missed the theater because of how run down it looks. The anticipate line we had suspected - non-existent. There were four cars in the parking lot and I am certain that three of them belonged to workers of the theater. The theater had a whopping 2 movie screens. Movies playing: Harry Potter and Megamind. Here's a quick glance at the theater and all its glory.
The waiting to get in the door turned into waiting within the comforts of our own car. Shortly after our arrival, four more ASU friends pull up right next to us. They were also in shock over the unique environment we would partake our movie viewing experience within. They confessed that they had in fact been calling this particular theater multiple times throughout the day to make sure they still had tickets. Apparently during their last phone call, when asking how many tickets were left, the lady shared that there were 400 tickets left. How they fit 400 people in that theater was beyond me. So we decided that at 10:45 we might as well head inside and scope out the best seats, not that we had any competition. (there were now only 7 cars in the parking lot) Tickets were only $5 so we loaded up on popcorn and soda and entered our names into a drawing where you can win a wand. Went and found some seats and the theater and decided to make our own fun while we waited an hour for the movie to start. We may have been some of the older people in the theater and I'm pretty sure we were the annoying people that everyone eventually wants to kill too. We found particular enjoyment in playing the trivia game prior to the previews with too much enthusiasm. My friend RJ felt the need to assist us in locating the exist in the movie theater multiple times. And then finally, Harry Potter 7 began with a grand total of 29 people in the theater. no joke. It was a pretty great flick. The darn snake made me jump too many times, but in general I really enjoyed it!I"ll probably go see it a few more times before it leaves theaters, especially if every viewing is as entertaining as this one! Now begins the 6 month wait for part 2!